Countries
Macedonia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
macédonien
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Southern
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Fusional